The final round of the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship was a midweek event at Mantova, in Italy, where we saw Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings clinch the MXGP world title.
The defending world champion from 2020, Slovenian Tim Gajser had his work cut out trying to catch Herlings and the man who eventually finished the series runner-up, Frenchman Romain Febvre, and here we can see why.
Take a ride on board with Gajser and see his viewpoint of the dramatic last round of the MXGP World Championship season.
Gajser was understandably disappointed but, as you can see in the videos, he refused to give up and gave everything he had one last time as we have come to expect from world champion of Gajser’s calibre.
Gajser said on social media: “This has been one of the most stressful and intense seasons ever in our motocross career. It’s been lots of ups but also a lot of downs, obviously we wanted to defend the title this year but this is motocross, nothing is ever decided until the finish flag waves.
“We’re happy to end on a high note and can’t wait until 2022 to battle again for the world championship title with a healthy start! Huge thanks to the team for all the effort during this hard fought season, you never stopped believing and always stood by our side.”
Photo courtesy Bavo
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FINAL 2021 STANDINGS:
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 708 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 703 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 688 p.; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 566 p.; 5. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 562 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 545 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 442 p.; 8. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 391 p.; 9. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 332 p.; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 319 p.
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 734 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 610 p.; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 570 p.; 4. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 548 p.; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 540 p.; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 527 p.; 7. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 478 p.; 8. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 413 p.; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 404 p.; 10. Simon Längenfelder (GER, GAS), 336 p.